Coffs Harbour - Bellingen • 30 October /1 November 2026
Bellingen Taranta Festival 2026
Join Us For 3 Immersive Days of Global Music, Art and Community
A festival where mediterranean and global cultures come alive through music, movement, colour and shared stories.
2026
Theme of the year:
IDENTITY
2026 Full Program coming soon!
FRIDAY
30/10
Opening Day (Bellingen - Different Venues*
A vibrant day to celebrate diversity through music, dance and community ritual. Workshops, talks and music around town (program TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON)
* N 5 Church St, The Bellingen Brewery, Bellingen Memorial Hall
FRIDAY
30/10
Gala Night! (Coffs Harbour)
Hyperbaroq (Melbourne) • Santa Taranta Orchestra (Bellingen/Melbourne) ^ album launch ^
[*Coffs Harbour Conservatorium / Limited seats]
SATURDAY
31/11
The World Stage
Global folk traditions collide in a deeply immersive day across Bellingen. Morning and lunch sessions in town. Workshops, poetry, movement, and powerful night concerts at the Memorial Hall.
ARS NOVA NAPOLI (Italy) • Ginkgobiloba (Argentina) • Alessandro Santacaterina (Italy) • Transatlantico (Colombia/Melbourne) • Hyperbaroq (Melbourne) • Wombatuque (Brazil/Melbourne) • The Bellingen Singers • LOOM Storytelling (Bellingen)
PLUS: David De Santi (Brisbane), Capoeira ACDP (Brazil/Melbourne), Laura Targett (Bellingen), Budaabang Bari Dancers
Free Jams • Community Art • Roaming performances • Conversations • Workshops
SUNDAY
1/11
Let’s celebrate our diversity!
A joyful finale of Italian food, storytelling, dance and collective celebration of our diversity. Morning and lunch sessions in town, Sunday market with food and free live music at Maam Gaduying Park (Bellingen), workshops, pasta making workshop, and an explosive closing night of soulful music and global rhythms at the Bellingen Memorial Hall.
Playback Theatre (Bellingen) • EMMA DONOVAN • Diego Jascalevich (Argentina) • BYO Sinfonia Ensemble with the festival artists (special event!) • Farhan Shah & SUFI OZ (Adelaide) • Grand Finale: Santa Taranta Orchestra meets Ars Nova Napoli
PLUS: Zayton Dabke Palestinian dance (Brisbane), Capoeira ACDP (Melbourne), Kaya Boom, Camino Flamenco, All Sorts, Taranta Meanjin (Brisbane), Miss Paris
All day performances • Free and paid events around town• Community Art • Folk Music Sessions • Roaming performances • Conversations • Workshops
A Festival of Mediterranean and Global Music, Culture and Connection
For transformative days, Bellingen becomes a meeting place for memory, movement and music.
Workshops, installations, parades, food, and performances from across the Mediterranean and the world.
Thanks to our proud institutional supporters
